Mission Hospital nurses and their patients are in the path of several runaway trains at once. But Mission’s struggles are not just about a single hospital: This is a national...
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Mission Hospital nurses and their patients are in the path of several runaway trains at once. But Mission’s struggles are not just about a single hospital: This is a national...
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Advocates argue that at a time when families are struggling to afford premiums, prescriptions, and medical bills, North Carolina needs leaders who will protect and expand access to care. Whatley’s record shows support for policies that would raise costs and weaken health care security for hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians.
North Carolina Governor Josh Stein’s Energy Policy Task Force released its interim report last month, with a set of nine recommendations for ensuring that North Carolinians have affordable, reliable, and clean energy supplies as demand for energy skyrockets in the state.
Estos desarrollos reflejan el continuo debate en Carolina del Norte sobre el papel de la detención migratoria, las condiciones en los centros de custodia y el impacto que estas políticas tienen en comunidades inmigrantes en todo el estado.
Mission Hospital nurses and their patients are in the path of several runaway trains at once. But Mission’s struggles are not just about a single hospital: This is a national problem.
Compared to 2025, Medicaid enrollment in North Carolina has gone down 22%, with 761,457 people enrolled this year. According to NC Health News, more than 200,000 North Carolinians lost their affordable coverage since the sunset of enhanced premium subsidies.
The current rise in home insurance rates places a heavy cost burden on a significant portion of Black households compared to other communities. According to data from Zillow, 19% of Black households nationwide are cost-burdened, compared to 12% of white households, 17% of Hispanic households, and 18% of Asian households.
La Administración de Seguridad en el Transporte (Transportation Security Administration, TSA) está proporcionando a las autoridades migratorias de Estados Unidos listas con los nombres de personas que se espera viajen a través de aeropuertos del país, como parte del programa de deportaciones de la administración del presidente Donald Trump, según informó The New York Times.
En medio de una intensificación de los operativos federales de inmigración bajo la administración, ha surgido una preocupación: ciudadanos estadounidenses y residentes legales, en su mayoría latinos, están siendo detenidos, interrogados y en algunos casos arrestados por agentes migratorios, pese a tener plena documentación que acredita su estatus. Reportes recientes en el área de Chicago ofrecen un retrato inquietante de cómo estas redadas han traspasado los límites del control migratorio tradicional.
Educadores, familias y defensores de la educación pública se manifestaron el jueves frente a la Corte Suprema de Carolina del Norte para exigir que el tribunal haga cumplir el fallo del caso Leandro, advirtiendo que los retrasos perjudican a los estudiantes, especialmente a los más vulnerables.
“My office is intervening to make sure we find the right balance between investing in our energy infrastructure and protecting North Carolinians’ wallets,” AG Jackson said in a statement released earlier this month.
In 2025, Rep. Majeed ultimately voted with Republicans 70% of the time– despite just 13% of his district voting for the conservative NC House candidate in 2024.
As the delay continues, schools are left deciding which services, programs, and staff members they can afford to keep. Across the state, teachers and other state employees are also dealing with rising bills and ever-increasing health insurance plans, with some seeing their monthly premiums nearly triple. With no budget to deliver much-needed raises, this amounts to a pay cut for many.
The Republican-led North Carolina Board of Elections has recently eliminated voting sites from several university campuses, including NC A&T State University, Western Carolina University, UNC Greensboro, and Elon University.
Willingham has voted with Republicans 83% of the time– the second highest rate of all Democrats in the General Assembly. With the help of Willingham, state Republicans were able to pass bills that officials and advocates warned would have detrimental effects to the residents of North Carolina, from higher electric bills to looser gun laws.